Protozoal Infections Flashcards
organism for Amebiasis
entamoeba histolytica
cyst is infective form and causes amoebic dysentery
Amebiasis
organism for giardiasis
giarda lamblia
giardiasis aka
beaver fever
vector for giardiasis
hikers
drinking stream water
symptom of giardiasis
mucous diarrhea
Dehliboil associated with
Kala-Azar
organism for malaria (2)
Plasmodium Vivax
Plasmodium Falciparum
MC organism for malaria
Plasmodium Vivax
vector for malaria
female anopheles mosquito
live in RBC
malaria becomes pathogenic in _____ stage
merozoite
Most fatal form of malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum
aka for fatal malaria
Black Water Fever
kissing “reduviid” bug is vector for ____ and called ____
trypanosome cruzi
Chaga’s Disease
tsetse fly is vector for _____ and called
Trypanosome Gambians
African Sleeping Sickness (Neurological problem effecting brain)